Bittersweet — Restaurant in New York

wow, how have i not yet reviewed bittersweet when it's literally my all-time favorite coffee/pastry shop in all of brooklyn? and is a scone really a pastry? i honestly don't know. but the bittersweet scone, yes, the plain scone, is so remarkable and so unremarkable all at the same time -- so much so that i wake up almost every single day thinking that i must have one immediately. i will drive out of my way, walk out of my way, take the bus out of my way, all to get the plain scone at bittersweet.

the only thing i'll say about atmosphere here is that i did honestly like it better when it was just the window. i don't think it flows so well with how people go in, and then get jammed up in the narrow bottleneck/turnaround space. but does it stop me from going there? most...

I’ve been searching the nearby neighborhoods all quarantine for the best ham and cheese croissant but my search has ended here. The pastry is flakey but held together by some crispy cheese on top so it doesn’t fall apart all over you. It is compact in size but has the perfect sized layers of ham, cheese, and a thin layer of what I assume was bechamel. No layer was over powering or dominating the flavor profile and all elements worked together in perfect harmony. Paired with an iced mocha it was truly a beautiful morning. Best of all they have an electric sign board at the ordering window so if they are out of the item you wanted it will be marked off. You won’t have to go through the whole menu to see what’s still available, truly...

My iced latte was really good, I’d get it there again for sure! I also bought a bag of coffee, asking if I could get half of it ground for the camping trip I was en route to. Barista was on it, asking how I’d be preparing it so as to select the proper ground size. We settled on ‘somewhere between French press and Turkish style’ since I wasn’t sure. Barista placed my ground coffee in a paper bag. The bag very soon tore and coffee got out. Also, the bag wasn’t lined like a coffee bag, so the paper absorbed the oils out of the grounds. In essence,I learned something that day. Hoping that the barista or owner will read this and possibly stock proper lined coffee bags for this type of situation, but even if not, was still a...